PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Vittorio Colao, the urbane Italian boss of Vodafone , believes that negotiating major deals is an art whose finest practitioners know how to wield power and resist pressure. The 51-year-old chief executive, who cut his teeth as a management consultant at McKinsey, used these lessons at the negotiating table to do what his predecessors could not: outlast Verizon Communications in a test of will over the biggest U.S. mobile provider, Verizon...

* Vodafone to have $30-38 bln in cash for possible deals * Targets could include Italy's Fastweb, Spain's Ono * Liberty Global not a realistic target - sources * Unclear if Vodafone would look at new countries By Paul Sandle and Leila Abboud LONDON/PARIS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Vodafone's exit from the United States in a $130 billion deal expected to be sealed on Monday will give it a war chest to make acquisitions even after it rewards its...

Verizon Communications agreed on Monday to pay $130 billion to buy Vodafone Group out of its U.S. wireless business, signing history's third largest corporate deal announcement to bring an end to an often tense 14-year marriage. To open stories, double-click in the square brackets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST STORIES > Verizon, Vodafone agree to $130 bln wireless deal > Verizon not planning to enter Canadian...

Verizon Communications agreed on Monday to pay $130 billion to buy Vodafone Group out of its U.S. wireless business, signing history's third largest corporate deal announcement to bring an end to an often tense 14-year marriage. To open stories, double-click in the square brackets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST STORIES > Verizon, Vodafone agree to $130 bln wireless deal > Verizon not planning to enter Canadian...

(Repeats story first filed on Friday) By Kate Holton LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - After months of speculation, Vodafone's Vittorio Colao will be under pressure next week to set out whether he may sell its prized stake in Verizon Wireless in what would be one of the biggest deals ever. Chief executive for five years, Colao has said only that he has an "open mind" on Vodafone's 45-percent stake in the U.S. operator, whose majority owner, Verizon...

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Vittorio Colao, the urbane Italian boss of Vodafone , believes that negotiating major deals is an art whose finest practitioners know how to wield power and resist pressure. The 51-year-old chief executive, who cut his teeth as a management consultant at McKinsey, used these lessons at the negotiating table to do what his predecessors could not: outlast Verizon Communications in a test of will over the biggest U.S. mobile provider, Verizon...

BARCELONA (Reuters) - British mobile operator Vodafone said it did not need to sell part of its stake in its highly profitable Verizon Wireless joint venture in the United States to bolster its business in Europe. Chief executive Vittorio Colao told reporters on Monday Vodafone had a healthy balance sheet and could invest when it needed to, adding it could step up its range of services without having to make acquisitions. "The two things are not totally linked,"...

By Sinead Carew and Soyoung Kim Sept 2 (Reuters) - In the end, all it took was a workout session in the gym followed by conversation over breakfast at San Francisco's Four Seasons hotel for Verizon Communications Inc's Lowell McAdam and Vodafone Group Plc's Vittorio Colao to bridge a $30 billion, 10-year-long gap between their companies and strike the third-biggest corporate deal ever. The two CEOs, who have known each other for 20...

By Sinead Carew and Soyoung Kim Sept 2 (Reuters) - In the end, all it took was a workout session in the gym followed by conversation over breakfast at San Francisco's Four Seasons hotel for Verizon Communications Inc's Lowell McAdam and Vodafone Group Plc's Vittorio Colao to bridge a $30 billion, 10-year-long gap between their companies and strike the third-biggest corporate deal ever. The two CEOs, who have known each other for 20...

(Repeats story first filed on Friday with no change to text) * Vodafone plans for Verizon likely to dominate full-year results * Organic service revenue set to post record quarterly fall By Kate Holton LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - After months of speculation, Vodafone's Vittorio Colao will be under pressure next week to set out whether he may sell its prized stake in Verizon Wireless in what would be one of the biggest deals ever. Chief executive...

* Vodafone to have $30-38 bln in cash for possible deals * Targets could include Italy's Fastweb, Spain's Ono * Liberty Global not a realistic target - sources * Unclear if Vodafone would look at new countries By Paul Sandle and Leila Abboud LONDON/PARIS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Vodafone's exit from the United States in a $130 billion deal expected to be sealed on Monday will give it a war chest to make acquisitions even after it rewards its...